Cervus nipon shine sunan kimiyya na sika barewa, nau'in barewa ne daga yawancin Gabashin Asiya, ciki har da Japan, Taiwan, da sassan babban yankin China, Koriya, da Rasha. Ana kuma san shi da barewa da aka hange ko barewa na Japan. "Cervus" kalmar Latin ce ma'anar "barewa" kuma "nipon" sigar Latinized ce ta "Nippon," wanda ke nufin "Japan" a cikin Jafananci.
